Non-refillable bottle.



V. CAPOBIANCO. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED 111111.?, 1912.

VINCENT CAPOBANCO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTrllL-E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 19,14.

Application filed March 7, 1912. Serial No. 682,323.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VINCENT CAPOBIANGO,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident C vented a certain new and useful in'iprovement .in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which 'the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a class of devices adapted to prevent a bottle from being reiilled when its contents has therefrom.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a device designed to be employed in'conjiiinction with a bottle of any preferred form for preventing it from being refilled after the liquid therein has been. emptied, or preventing the contents of the bottle from being diluted or contaminated by foreign substances, and this is accomplished mainly by providing a device which is applied in the mouth of the bottle after it is filled and wherein is employed a ball-valve which serves to permit the liquid to be poured from the bottle when tilted so that its mouth is on an incline of any angle and which is forced upon its seat for closing the opening when the bottle is held so that its mouth is on any upwardly disposed angle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a weighted element which serves to move the ball-valve in a direction to close the opening of the bottle when disposed so that its neck is above the level of the axial. center thereof, and a further object of the invention is to provide means which will eifectually prevent the insertion of a wire or the like in the device for the purpose of unseating the ball-valve when closing the opening of the bottle.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which sin'iilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all lthe views, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottle, partly broken away and partly in section, showing one form of device embodying my invention applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the device, parts of which are shown in detail.

The device 10 may be of any suitable been emptied,

shape or size so as to be inserted in the mouth 11 of the neck 12 of the usual or any preferred type of bottle 13 having a body 14k.

il he device has a casing 15 which is preferably cylindrical in shape preferably made of glass, or analogous substance and integrally formed, or it may be made of cast or sheet metal. yllhe lower end of the casing l5 is tapered so as to provide an opening 1G of snialler dian'ieter than the casing proper, and which forms a valve-seat 17 upon the inner edge of the opening 1G. rlhe valve-seat 17 is adapted to receive a ballvalve 1e which is freely movable within the easing 15 and serves to close saidopening against the passage of liquid therethrough. Also in the easing 15 is a freelyr movable weighted element or ball 19 which is of larger diameter than the ball-valve 18 so that when revolved to contact with the ballvalve 1f) said valve will be moved upon its seat 17 on 'tilting thebottle so that the neck thereof will be below the level of the axial center of the bottle, and the bottle will then be closed against admission of the liquid therein.

lll/hen the ball-valve 18 and the ball 19 are placed in the easing 15 through the top thereof its opening is closed by a plate 20, or otherwise. Approximately midway of the casing 15 are a plurality of alined spaced openings 21 through which the liquid flows when poured from the bottle through the opening 1G. ring or concentric flange 22 is' provided upon the casing adjacent to the lower edge of the openings 2l, and said flange is of sufficient width to extend to the upper edges of said openings, or to a suitable distance thereabove. The upper part of the concentric flange Q2 is oi'itwardly curved so as te be spaced from the wall of the casing whereby an annular groove or slot Q3 i; provided so as to permit. the liquid to flow after passage through the openings 211, and which also serves to prevent the insertion of a wire, or other article, through 'said openings for the purpose of unseating the ball-valve when in position to close the opening 1G of the casing, thereby preventing the bottle from being refilled after the liquid therein has been emptied, or preventing the contents of the bottle from being diluted, or contaminated by foreign substances. The device is preferably made somewhat smaller than the opening of the neck of the bottle, in order to permit it to be held in an open- In the foregoing desoription l have ernbodied the preferredforni of my invention,

but l donotA wish to be understood liiniting il'iyeelil thereto, its l tun @were that degtrting troni the' principle, or Suoi-ilicing 'any oi the advantages lol :this invention, therefore l reserve to myself the right to; infl'e suoli changes as fairlyfall Within they Scope thereof.

llnfving thuedescribed my invention, 'l oltiin :te newend desire to Secure lby Letters Potent-fv ln a non-refillztble bottle, the `Combination with d. bottle of it cylindrical Casing having @tapered lower end Said end being partially loeed whereby zr seat isfornied for a valve, and said easing being Secured in the neck of the bottle a telve comprising@ einull ball of light substance adapted to rest Within "the Cylinder whereby the Said opening Ain the tapered end 4part is closed, a larger inodilicyetions may be made therein Without heavy ,bull surlnounting the small ball adapted to eerye are, a Weight and a driver, whereby a Close Contact is maintained between ytheusinnll ball and the opening in the end part, said-balls being of such a Size that they cannot exchange relativev pogitionsl Within ythe cylindrical Casing, a cap e'dzrpted for Closing the top of the cylindrical casing, and centrally in the Walls of the Casing a plurality oi dlifned a'perturee perinherzll disposed, a fi'tnge extending roin'ythe exterior suri'rceofvthe Cs'inig and having integr-elly formed thereivith a oonoentrio bend whereby o. Channel ,is provided extending' peripherally iaround the cylindrical owing,- having its loose infiniediartely below "thel seid openings, lund the upper edge of seid band extending above y., u `;..,l the openings, Substantially as shown and dek scribed.

This specilication Signed ind witnessed this fifth. day of March A. D. 1912'. l A

VINCENT CAPOBIANCO. l/Vitnesses: n

lon'r. B. Aiso'rr, E. M. Jnixn.

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